Richmond Palladium (Daily), 22 January 1906 — Page 4

RICHMOND DAILY PALLADIUM

: ....... ; , ' Palladium Printing Co., "Publishers. ..... ... : , . ... i .... k ' va k.-V'l ENTERED AT RICHMOND POSTOFFICE AS SECOND CXASS MATTER ' Weekly Established 1831 1 Daily Established , 1876 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By Mail In Advanced Daily, one year, .V.". ..$3.00 Daily, six, months, ... 1.50 Daily, three months,.. .75 Daily, one month, .... .25 BY CARRIER 7 CENTS A WEEK. Persons wishing to take the PALLADIUM by carrier may order by postal or telephone either 'phone' No 21. When delivery is irregular, kindly make complaint. The PALLADIUM will be found at the following places: Palladium office, West cot t Hotel, Arlington Hotel, Union News Company Depot. Gates' Cigar Store, West Main. The Empire Cigar Store. TWO CENTS AT ALL PLACES OF SALE. STEb'FEN'S DISCOVERY. At last we nre to know whether our government is really our own or not. Lincoln Steffens, of graft disclosing fame, is now in Washington investigating this important question. Mr. Stcffens's first discovery as set forth in The Indianapolis News last Saturday evening, is that the , President's boss is Theodore Roosevelt. This disclosure is not surprising but it will be surprising when the Senate's "turn conies to be investigated if! very many of that august body 'are found to be their own bosses. o DKPKW'S OVATION. The New York Herald states that Senator Chauncey M. Depew will receive an ovation if he is present in the Senate today. This certainly proves that the majority of our senators do not carry life insurance policies. One's imagination would not have to be stretched very far to picture the kind of ovation Senator Depew would receive from a Senate composed of Equitable life insurance policy holders. ' , o , UNSATISFACTORY WEATHER? Although the coal trust may . be J dissatisfied with the present springlike appearance of the weather, it may be safely stated that the coat consuming public is not. WILL TAKE ACTION TIMORROW. NIGHT South Side Improvement Association Will Look Into Lloyd Factory Project. The South Side ImproA-ement Association Avill take action at its meeting tomorrow night in regard to the letter received from the Lloyd Manufacturing Company avIio wishes to locate in the city. Not much is knoAvn regarding the concern but if inAestigation shows it to. be a plant that will be of benefit to the city, action Avill be taken to haA-e it located here as soon as possible. PAY CHECKS ARE HOW COMING III C. C. & L. Employes Get Money Several Days After It Is Due Them. The pay checks for the employes of the C. C. & L. Ry., are commencing to arrive, and several of the men have been paid up to date. The checks Avere due on the 15th of the month but for the past two months have teen arriving several days late each time. The "employes are not greatly worried over the situation although they say that it inconveniences them.

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:? WAY1IE COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY v The program for the Wayne Coun- Wallace C. Reynolds, Stephen Kuth, ty Agricultural and Horticultural Caleb W. King, Thomas Elleman, society for the year 1906 has been ar- jMary Dickinson, Lizzie Mayhew, Esranged. Following is a list of the j ie Burgess, Ella Kenworthy, and dates and places of meeting and the Jennie Kuth. essayists. Agriculture Captain W. II. Lough February 10 Court house, annual Oliver Burgess, Caleb W. King, Clindinner. , j ton Shurley, Wallace C. Reynolds, March 10 Court house, Supt. C. and George H. Smith. W.Jordan. j Fruits Nathan F. Garwood, SteApril 14 Court house, Perry J. phen Kuth, Job A P. Xorris, Thomas

Freeman. ' May 12 Court house, Richmond High Schol Chorus. ' June i) Reidston, Virginia C. Meredith. July 14 Home of Lizzie Mayhew, Harriett Valentine. August 11 Home of Isaac G. Dougan, Judge L. C. Abbott. September 8 Jackson park, Judge W C. Converse. ' October 13 Court house, Prof. D. W. Dennis. November 10 Court house. Rev. II. II. Hadlev. December 8 Court house, election of officers. Standing Committees. The following eomrriittees have been named: Executive Committee Isaac G. Dougan, ex-oflieio; Sanford Henning, t DIME NOVELS BRINGS (New York "Dime and half-dime novel writ ing may not be considered very dignified work by literary people general, but it has come to be a good source of income to me," said a selfpossessed and energetic young newspaper woman the other day. "Before I took up that style of writing I tried hard to obtain recognition as an author of magazine stories,' but without any -success whatever. vThen a friend ririrested that I try sensa tional boys' literature. I rook her! advice, wrote such a story and sent it off. It was accepted at once, and from that day I have been a Avriter of Mushy literature. I make a good thing out of it, too, for besides my newspaper and other work, I turn out on an average six novels every month, for which I receive about twenty-five dollars each," she continued. 'These cheap stories are invariably Avritten under pressure and AvithL little chance for revision or correc tion. Occasionally a mistake in grammar appears in the finished product, a sentence may be badly constructed or a idirase may be Avrongly injected, but on the Avhole the story, Avhen turned oATer to the .published, ,is complete in its way, and compares favorably as a literary production Avith much that is printed in the second-class storjT papers. From the time dime noA-els first made their appearance up to the present day, they have been condemned by parents and teachers as unfit reading matter to place in the hands of the young, and the. Avriters of such literature are looked upon Avith disfavor Avhen they are knoAvn. But such stories, Avhile they may deal Avith people and situations that are improbable, never touch' upon the impossible, and are absolutely free from vulgarity and impurity. "The tajes may have no foumla-, tion in truth, buWhey must be made up of incidents and eA'ents altogether Avithin the realm of possibility, else they Avill be rejected by the publishers. EA-ents that go to make up the narrative may be as improbable as the Avriter cares to make them. If the detective in the story suddenly appears in the midst of the gang of villains he has been following for days, as tlieA' are srathered in some secret stronghold, the Avriter must describe minutely how he managed to reach the spot ; if some aerial contrivance is set afloat, the reader must haA-e an idea of how it is sustained above the earth, and what forms its motiA-e poAver; if in a feAv hours the her.o of a story covers on horseback 200 miles of rough, impassable trail, the reader Avants to knoAv .whether rider passed through a secret, underground short-cut, or used relays of fast horses, or he will not be satisfied with the stotry. Make the event as improbable as you like the more improbable the better but stick to the possible. ' "How do Ave get ideas for stories Why, Avith our eyes and ears open we can find them eA-ery day and everyAvhere in the street, in the theatres, but principally, in, the neAvspapers. An event of unusual importance occurs; a brutal crime is committed,, a great diamond robbery takes place, and there is a plot which, when work ed out. forms the nucleus around which the tale is built. Dime hOA-'el

THE MOBNING PALLADIUM MONDAY. JANUARY 22, 1906.

Elleman and Joseph C. Ratliff. Vegetables T. ( EvansKenworthy, Sanford Henning, Levi Fulghum, David W. Scott and Frank J. Brown. Flowers Hannah Grave, Agnes King, Harriett Fulghum, Helen V. Austin, Flora Branson and Essie Burgess, Dairy and Culinary Hannah Norris, Ella Kenworthy," Lizzie King, Rose Reynolds and Walter Ratliff. Miscellaneous Randa Runnels, Laura Kitson, Lizzie Mayhew, Ruth Ann Ratliff and Eva Stever. Special Committees. Statistics Hon. Joseph C. Ratliff. Ornithology Prof Cyrus W. llodgin and Walter S. Ratliff. Membership Lizzie Mayhew, Fannie Carrington, Lea Lamb, Mary Henning, Eli Jay and Frank M. (Mark. " HANDSOME RETURNS t Tribune. ) stories are all alike in some particulars.. There are always villains and heroes and an exciting series of eA'ents that lead to the denouncement of the bad ones and the rewarding of the uprigh characters. Sometimes, there is a girl in the story, but a tale "without a spark of love in.it and never a mention of a female has as good a chance of success as one brimming with sentiment. "Publishers like to have writers upon whom they can depend, and who can produce just the kind of stories 'that may be Avanted at a particular time. A man or woman avIio can be looked to for a certain amount of good exciting literature every month rarely has anything rejected. If a tale now and then should not come quite up to the mark it is accepted because of what the Avriter has done and can do. Much of the Avork is done on orders. Something of great human interest Avill occur, like the Spanish-American Avar, the Chinese Avar, the recent struggle betAveen Russia and Japan, or the sinking of a great steamer. No one knoAvs Iioav long such an event AA'ill hold first place on the pages of the pages of the daily neAvspaper, so the dime novel publisher must get stories -bearing upon these matters out before the public interest centers on something else. As soon as the publisher conceiAes the idea that a certain event ough to be the basis of a novel or tAvo, he communicates his Avishes to three or four of his readiest writers, avIio Avill be urged to make all possible haste. ' "Some of these Avorkers are engaged through the day and must do their Avriting at night. With seeming rare intuition they grasp -their employer's idea, eATolve a plotpgroup about it a number of thrilling experiences, and at the first opportunity seat themselves at a desk or in front of a typewriter and go to work. The first sentence in these stories is often the beginning of a conversation which will hold the reader's attention or else a terse " igorotts description of some eA-ent that takes the reader right into the story. From the very start the AwrtTer plunges into the tale. Situation folloAvs situation. The story is all action from the first para graph to the last." PROF. PEACOCK GOES TO CARNEGIE INSTITUTE Has Been in German Universities For Two Fears An Earlham Graduate. Prof. E. E. Peacock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Peacock of this city, will return this week from Germany to take a position in the new Carnegie Institute at New York. He has been in GermanA for tAvo years where I he has been doing advance work in the uniAersities of Berlin and other cities. He Avill take up research work at the Carnegie Institute in political economy and history. Prof. Peacock is a, graduate of Earlham and also Indiana University. He has done much writing since leaving Richmond among it, contributions to tbe International Encyclopedia.

ASTOR GOES IN CASTLE BUSINESS

AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE NOW REGARDED AS RIVAL OF ANDREW CARNEGIE. SENDS AGENTS BROADCAST American Consul at Constantinople Making a Hard Pull for Trade Chamberlain's I Victory. ' London, Jan. 21. The friends of W. W. Astor state that his purchase and exteusiAe restoration of HeA-er castle in Kent is merely the first step in a castle-buying campaign on an unprecedented scale. Mr, Astor is said to have agents throughout the United ingdom looking out for halfruined castles, Avhich he intends to buy and eventually restore to their original condition. Already Mr. Astor has been humorously dubbed the Castle King and hailed as a rival to Mr. Andrew Carnegie. A dispatch from Constantinople says that since the arrival there of the present energetic American consul-general, there has been an extraordinary activity in and promotion of American trade to the detriment of British and other interests. The organization by the American eonsulor agent of exhibitions of American products and the fact that he is even selling large quantities of agricultural machinery cause the leading British firms to deplore the inefficiency of the organization of the British consulor system. Mr. Chamberlain's SAveeping victory in Birmingham merely emphasizes, and Avith dramatic force, the construction placed upon tlj ejection result' in these dispatches. It wrings- from his bitterest opponents a generous, though m titer aAvesome tribute Avith the explanation that Birmingham jjis merely a personal incident in a national issue. It is more than that, not only did Birmingham vote for Mr. Chamberlain, but in no other constituencies were, the issues so clearly defined, and elsewhere the result Avould have been similar but for such factors as Chinese labor and the incompetency of the late Cabinet. What -Birmingham did yesterday, the other great cities of Great Britain are likely to be doing-within fiA-e years, and the continued tide of Liberal success can no more be claimed as a "detrimentative victory for free trade than the recent anti-graft victories could be claimed as a victory for protection as against free trade. TO ENFORCE ORDINANCE. According to Supt. of Police Bailey the distributers of sample medicine of any kind will haA-e to comply strictly AA-ith the city ordinance regarding the distribution of their medicine either in packages or in bottles. They Avill also be required to keep off lawns. The penalty is a fine of not less than $5 and not more than $23, for each offense. ' - , A Penurious Man. Some fathers are so unreasonable. Here Is a millionaire New Yorker who Is raising a tuneless ro&r because his daughter is not satisfied to spend $200 a day, but wants enough more to enable her to pay street car fare after a hard day's shopping. , Just think of being obliged to live on a miserable little old $200 bill a day! Of course she doesn't have to pay boa l-d, living at home, but what of that? Suppose she should want to buy a French count, warranted sound of limb and a free spender, who had been market doAvn to $49.08 as a bargain day sacrifice, where would she be AA-ith her little old pin money? It may be ail right for any one who wants to buy a husband and automobiles on the dollar doAvn and dollar a week plan, but you can see at once that a business trensactinn of that sort Is far from satisfactory to a girl with a sensitive soul. Not All Women. Tou can't believe half of the stories travelers tell." "No?" ' f I was down in Boston for the first time last week, and I actually saw a man. N Tne Annual Visitation. Secure your tickets early For the January thaw, Which comes around about this time According to some law With coughs and colds and rheumatls And grip Its choicest fruits And maXa us wish that Santa Claus Had brought us rubber boots.

Great Racing Ahead Trotters end Pacers 'Due For a Uriiiant. Seasons-New England Outlook. To the horseman the Immediate future has a very rosy look. The darkest cloud in sight Is the limited supply of nigh; grade aulma Is. The demand for ail sorts of first class horses has never been so strous as uow. Top quality Avoi-kers, sadukvs, roadsters, coachers, racers, are LoI:ig s'vegat and are bringing more la the open market than any time iu the past, uuJ tL breeder who can produce marketable horses is sure of handsome profits. The harness racing this year promises even greater brilliancy than the turf has ever known. At this distance the croAvu AA-orn by Lou Dillon seems safe, but the battle for campaigning horses, which for 1005 went to Sadie Me, will be an interesting one. There is every likelihood of some sensational pacing miles, and Dan Fatch and Audubon Boy will both be in training. The l:o5U behind a Avind break avIH not be one of the objects of the New England horse. He will be fitted for a crack at that 1 :58 in the open, and If he is giA-en the proper chance he avIH beat It awy off. Grand old Cre-eeus is expected to further reduce the trotting stallion record, and there are lots of men who think that despite his nge he will be able to reel off a mile in even time. Glen wood M., 2:07. the fastest trotting stallion of last year, is looked on as the maker of seme sensationally Ioav marks. The makeup of the grand circuit is now a matter of doubt, but there Is no question as to its belnqr as strong ns of old. The increased number of fast record horses means that the fields will be larger than ever. Detroit, Buffalo, Foughkeeisie, .'Reading,' ..Providence, Hartford, Columbus and Cincinnati will be iu line, as avIH Lexington, with Its big independent meeting. The stewards may be asked to give Read-A-ille a two weeks' date, a request Avhich should be granted, for a ten days' stay in Boston next August Avould be Just to the liking of owners and trainers. Cleveland Is still on the doubtful list, and it Avill be Avell into spring before its position is known. -: Saugus and Worcester will follow their usual plan of holding meetings to meet the demands of the men racing horses. Hartford is counted upon to help out the half mile track circuit Avith an eariy summer and an October meeting. In New Hampshire, Dover and

Nashua will be in the game. These, ; Willi tne lew independent meetings and the various fairs. Aviil 11 the New England season from the middle of Juneimtil Nov. 1. From all that can be learned minagers of the circuit tracks are landing an ear to the demnnd for richer purses for the fast record hor?-e? In tho nsst the trotters Avith records of 2:0S or GliEXWOOD M. 2:074, FASTEST T110TTI"0 6TALLIOX OF 1305. better have had to race for the ordinary purse, as have the pacers in the 2:07 list, Avhile green and slow record steeds have had unlimited opportunities to race for $3,000 and .$10KK) prizes. A '$5,000 purse for a 2 :." or a2:0( pace all the way down the line would f uraish a series of turf battles . the like of which has never been seen and which would fill every grand stand on the circuit. The fast trotters should be looked after as well. There are now enough of these fast record horses to make rich early closing events for them as profitable for the association from an entrance money point of view as those of the sloAver classes. NeAv England will be very prominent on the turf thl3 year, and it is not unreasonable to expect a better showing than eAer. Its greatest strength will come from the stable Loa McDonald Avill race for Ilalph Williams. In Glenwood II., 2:074, Mr. Williams had the fastest racing trotting stallion of 1003, and in the natural order of things he should hold the honor another year.lie is young, sound and has demon strated that he can beat 2:00, so that he will have to shoAV only a slight improvement to stand only second to Cresceus as a campaigning record holder. There are a couple of green pacers in the east who will get their share of the change, Laura Bellini and Hal Direct. The mare has shown a mile in 2:04, and the stallion has been in 2:004. The picking in the pacing stakes this year will be mighty tough, for there are at least four green ones besides Lanra and Hal who have the Indian sign of 2:03 tacked to them. The green trotters of 1900 will be a pretty poor lot if they do not show up better than those of last year. A dozen have shTm better than 2:11, and from ,V.rv.-.!.l fftmc on which will be ft really high class performer The Pacer Cn2ivrood. The pacer Cashwood. 2 :lli. will be used In the Pittsburg rnatine3.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

REPRESENTATIVE. yv S. RATLIFF is a candidate for Representative from Wayne County, subject to the Republican nomination. STATE SENATOR, ROSCOE E. KIRKMAN is a candidate for State Senator, subject to the Republican nomination. d&w JOINT REPRESENTATIVE. RICHARD N. ELLIOTT of Tayette County is a candidate for Joint Representative of Wayne and Fayette Counties, subject to the Republican nomination. CLERK. HARRY PENNY is a candidate for clerk of the Wayne Circuit Court, subject , to the Republican nomination. AUDITOR. D. S. COE is a candidate for Auditor of Wayne County, subject to the Republican nomination. TREASURER. ' B. B. MYRICK is a candidate for treasurer of Wayne County, subject to the Republican ..nomination. PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. WILFRED JESSUP is a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney, subject to the Republican nomination. COMMISSIONER. C E. WILEY is a candidate for Commissioner of Wayne County (Eastern district) subject to the Republican nomination. v . T. E. CLARK is a candidate for Commissioner; of Wayne County (Western District) subject to the Republican nomination. SHERIFF. LINUS MEREDITH is a candi- . date fo. Sheriff of Wayne County, subject to the Republican nomination. ALBERT A. STEEN is a candidate" for .Sheriff of Wayne County, subject to the Republican nomination. CORONER. . BR. G.' A. MOTTIER in acandi- ' date for Coroner, of Wayne County, subject to the Republican nomination. DR. MORA BULLA is a candidate for. Coroner of Wayne County, sub ject to the Repubuccn nomination. DR. A. L. BRAMKAMP is a can didate for Coroner of Wayne County, subject to the Republican nomination.:. FOR ASSESSOR. ALPIIEUS G. COMPTON is a candidate for County Assessor, sub ject to the Republican nomination. M. W; MARINE is a candidate for County Assessor, subject to the Re publican nomination. Our $3.00 Ladies' Gun Metal Shoe has been shown to you this season Made on a good fitting last, and no more water proof stock made today Call at Lahr man's 718 1,1111 ST.. 9 9 Want ads. in the PaUaf" jam Pay Try cna. o a

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